portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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8 {- B  d9 R- X& l- ZThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.
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Like most of David's portraits of Napoleon, this was a propaganda piece. Napoleon actually crossed the Alps on a mule because mules have better balance and traction, are lower to the ground, and do better in cold weather., ^6 ]% f; Q8 h0 _! F
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[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
& @7 F# l* i! c# |, D! g 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british